TIQ looks to draw analogy to the visionary brilliance of Charlie Parker, who took jazz from pop style into art music, with its own continuing aspirations to similarly redefine the foundational parameters of the traditional string quartet form, in a sense coming from the other direction.

The follow up album to the Mark Wade Trio's internationally accalimed debut. This album featured the original tunes of Mark Wade with a few arrangements of some time-honored favorites. Liner notes provided by noted UK Jazz Journalist Sammy Stein.